Shelly Peiken

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Shelly Peiken
Occupation(s)	Songwriter
Years active	1997–present

Shelly Peiken is a songwriter who is best known for the hit singles she has co-written for Christina Aguilera, which include but are not limited to "What a Girl Wants" and "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)". She also wrote many unreleased songs by Christina such as "Home" from her Stripped album and "Dreamy Eyes" from her debut album.

Peiken is a friend and collaborator of Meredith Brooks. They earned a Grammy nomination for Brooks's hit song "Bitch". Peiken plays guitar and piano and is considered to be an accomplished lyricist.

Peiken had her first hit, sung by Taylor Dayne, in the late 1980s, while still working as a cocktail waitress at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York.

[edit] Songs written

Songs also written by Peiken include:

"Girl Like Me" by Skye Sweetnam
“Turn The Page” by Aaliyah
“Love Me For Me” by Ashlee Simpson
“Lose It All” by Backstreet Boys
“Almost Doesn’t Count” by Brandy
“These Days” by Brian Kennedy & Ronan Keating
"Map To My Heart", "Forget Me Not", "If I Were You" and "Super Love" by Celine Dion
“Rain Rain” by Cher
“Even If My Heart Breaks” and "Woman And A Man" by Cliff Richard.
“Everytime You Cry”, "I Guess It Wasn't Mine" and "You're All That Matters To Me" by Curtis Stigers
“When I Get There” by Dream
“When I Remember When” by Five
“Better Love Next Time” and "That's Why They Call It Love" by Gladys Knight
“Last Night” by Gloria Gaynor
“Perfect Strangers”, by INXS
“It's Only Love”, "Leave A Light On" and "This Is Your Life" by Joe Cocker
“Whenever I Run” by Keith Urban
“Trouble With Good-bye” by LeAnn Rimes
“Something I Never Had” by Lindsay Lohan
“Done”, "Is This Hollywood" and "The Trouble With Me" by Lucy Woodward
“Take A Piece Of My Heart” by Lulu
“I Wanna Be With You” and "17" by Mandy Moore
“You Get Me” by Michelle Branch
“Human” by The Pretenders
“Under My Tree” and "I Guess It's Christmas Time" by NSYNC
“I Can't Cry” by Natalie Cole
“Stumble” by Natasha Bedingfield
“I’m Not Your Girl” by Reba McEntire
“Ready For This” by Sam Fox
“Bad Habit” and "Unlove Me" by Sarah Hudson
“Hey Now Now” by Swirl 360
“Better To Be Lonely ” by Tammin
“Up All Night ” by Taylor Dayne
“Have Mercy ” by Yazz
"We'll be together" by Ashley Tisdale
"As I am" by Miley Cyrus
"One Shining Moment" by Diana Ross